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THE WILMINGTON JOUKNAL j. A. JE3gE.gARP, Edtltor Win! Prop. TO WHOM ALL IETTXH8 ON BUSINKSf MUST BS ADr.ESSKD. KATEH or"AITEKTI!!IirCf.-' r On Square, one week i ...... I W .'. One Square, two weeks.. i ctf j One Square, one month...... 2 5'J" One Square, three mouths..., .... 1 (9 One Square, 8lx months.. ........... ...... 13 0 Additional Squares at proportional rates. ' A. Square is equal to tin polidlikx&oI ad vertiaing ty pe. " ' Cash, Invariably iii advance. TFltMS OP Rf BSCRIPTION: THK JJAIhY JOUKNAL is mailed to sub cribers at .Eight Dollahs per annum ; Four Dollar." for six months ; Skvestv-kivk Cksts r.er month for a shorter period. THJ5 WKKKIA'. JOUltNAL at Two Dol r.AR8 per annum ; Ojk Dollar for six months. jSosubscription received to the Weekly for less than six months. Vol. 2S. WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1872. No. 38. 1 1 v. i tit it hi it . Wlmmgfoit IfmtrnaL WILMINGTON, N. . FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 1872. Tbe Prospect In Ohio. The change in the aspect of political afl'airs in the last ten days lias been truly remarkable. Upon the five St tea that vote next Tuesday week, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska, all eyes are wow turned in order to discern, if possible, some indication of the result of the pend ing State campaigns. The special interest felt in these local campaigns is, of course, due to the fact, generally conceded we be lieve, that if the Greeley movement devel ops a substantial Iiepublican strength iu those States in the local elections, it will put the result in November almost beyond a doubt. Ohio is, perhaps, just now atti acting the greatest attention, possibly because of the specially cheering events that have transpired in the last few days. Two weeks ago we had scarcely any hope ol carrying that great State ; now, however, we shall "be disappointed if it does not cast its vote in favor of the party of Union and Conciliation. The following sensible and well con sidered article from the New Haven lieg-is-tr't presents in an unusually clear and satisfactory manner the condition of aff airs in that State. The Register says : " The Democratic and Liberal Iiepubli can State Central Committees of Ohio, have announced three hundred meetings in that State before the day of election, October 8th, by the ablest speakers sup porting the Cincinnati ticket. There is no dissatisfaction between the two com mittees in regard to the composition of the ticket, which was nominated by the Dem ocratic State Convention. The Liberal Republicans were offered the first pla.e on the ticket, aud General Brinkerhofl' was named for Secretary of State, and the nomination of Wiley was then made. "Probably- the vote of no other State will afford so fair a test of the strength of the Liberal movement. In Pennsylvania, the Republicans have nominated a "ring man," one of the addition, division and silence sort, and there are, it is claimed, jnany Republicans who will refuse to vote for the friend and partner of Yeikes. On the other hand, Mr. Bnckalew is exceptionally strong. Iu Indiana, Morton is colonizing the State with negroes, and plotting other crimes against the ballot-boxes of his State. Whether a fair vote can be had remains for the future to decide. But in Ohio there are no reports of a like character. Every" man will have an opportunity to vote, if -he is entitled to vote, and to vote only once. The candidates are both pop ular men, and we have yet to hear of a single charge affecting the character of either. General WikolFwill poll every Re publican vote, and General Wiley every Democratic aud Liberal, which can be counted on for Greeley. If there are any Liberals who believe that they can vote against the latter and still carry the State fjr Greeley, they are poor politicians. In 18(58, the vote at the presidential election wai only two thousand more than in Octo ber, and it is probable that the vote; two weeks from Tuesday, will be larger than in November. In one respect the Ohio vote will not be a fair test. Ohio was strongly in favor of Adams, and decidedly opposed to the nomination of Greeley. The opposition was stronger in Ohio, aud more outspoken than in any other State. Many who had looked to Cincinnati, turned towavdj Philadelphia, even after endorsing the address and platform adopted by the Cincinnati Convention. Stalio, Matthews and Iloadley are now stumping for the administration which they denounced as wholly corrupt. But the Liberal movement has been gaining strength even in that State. The Cincin nati Commercial, the most iiilluential Re publican paper in Ohio, has been doing ex cellent service, in its own way. Several local German Iiepublican papers have been advocating the election of Grpeley, and now coiues the Cincinnati Yolksblatt, the oldest and most influential German Re publican paper in the United States, after a long delay, declared in favor of Mr. Greeley, and Mr. Ilassaurek, its editor, has taken the stump. The meaning of all this is that the Germans of Oliio, the great majority cf whom have been Republicans, are going to vote for Greeley and Brown. Therefore we are willing to make the vote in Ohio a tet. "At the October election, iu 1808, the total vote of the State was 510,747, and the Republican majority was 17,38-"). The Oc tober elections decided the contest, and in November this majority was increased to 41,428. A year later, when Mr. Pendleton was the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor, he was defeated by only 7,-"lS ma jority, and last year the majority went up b 0,1 v8, but the total vote was 00,000 i-iis than in 1S0S. Probably the total vote this year will be about r.0,000. The Lileral Republicans claim a strength of over 20.000. It js evident that the Liberals have been grown g more and more hopeful of currying the State, and especi ally since Carl fcjchur. made his triumphal march through it. A victory in that steady-going Republican State would be decisive of the November contest." Graut-What lie Knows about Navy Yards mill their l se! People generally have a simple sort of idea that navy yards have something to do with the navy ; in fact that they are places where ships are built or fitted for sea, and it is this idea that has reconciled Ijiem to the enormous appropriations of "fuoney that the Government from time to time declares to be absolutely necessary for their support. However true this may have been in other days, it is evident that the present administration acts upou an entirely dUTeren: notion. Now-a-days the navy yard is treated as a part of the inter nal political machinery of the Radical Tarty. This conversion from a national war power to a partisan political one, however strange it might have seemed in other days, is in peifect accord with tlie notion of the "eternal fitness of things" ot an administration Whose policy may be summed up in the The Alabama Chinas, Ku-Klux Legisla tion, Suspension of writ of Habeas Corpus, Civil Service rerorra, in their in ception, conduct aud conclusion, were all shaped with a icw to this end. As a matter of course the navy yards have had to bear their share of the burden, aud so we find, no matter whether it be in Maine or California, upon the Atlantic or upon the Pacific coast, the same inexorable rule prevailing " anything to re-elect Grant." But let us come to details. In the State of Maine, just opposite to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, there is a navy yard called the Kittery, or Portsmouth navy yard. There are no ships being built there, and during the months of March and April of this year the officers in charge of the yard began on the score of economy to dis charge supernumerary workmen. On the 15th of July there were only four hundred and fifty men employed. On the 9th of September, iu Ies3 than sixty days, the number of workmen was iuci eased to two thousand! During the war, when this yard was full of work, the total expense or the executive management was four thou sand seven hundred dollars per annum; last year the expense was twenty thousand six hundred and eight dollars, and there was less work done than during any year of the war ! There is not legitimate work enough to keep all these extra people employed, but still there is no difficulty in making a show of keeping them at work ; for, though it requires a special appropriation by act of Congress to build a new war ship, which, bein- a matter of public record, renders it unavailable for meje party purposes, it does i'ot require any such publicity to repair a vessel to any extent and involving almost any amount of money. The Kittery navy yard and the Radical party are for tunate in that " the old Illinois, an im mense steam frigate, the construction of which was begun in 1S0J, is still on the stock3. She is rotting as fast as repaired, and having served as the political trump card in time past, is now made to subserve the interests of Grant's re-election in No vember. A force of one thousand three hundred men is now employed in tearing the hull to pieces. At the present rate of progress it will require at least ten years to coniplette the job. Add to the original cost of the vessel the wages of these men for that time, and to this the cost of the new ship to be built under the sauie name as it will all be charged to the account of the Illinois the cost cf her repairs and subsequent construction, as explained, will not fall short of sixteen million dollars." But this is not all of the resources of the Administration at that lucky Kittery yard in case the exigencies ol the party should demand a larger increase. " The iron-clad monitor Massachusetts is also ready for repairs. She has now been on the stocks in a damp ship-house for years. She is in a rotten condition, and is not worth the repair necessary to make her a seaworthy craft." It is said instead of there being a need for one thousand four hundred and fifty extra workmen on the morning of the Maine election, that legitimate work for fifty additional men, at the outside, could not be found ! It is said, too, that no pronounced fixed Grant or Greeley man can find employment at the navy yard. The only eligible men are those " open to conviction." In Norfolk, also, attention is called to the fact that " old vessels, which have long since performed their functions iu the de partment, are now brought to the surface with the view to repairs aud other work of an ostensibly necessary character un earthed, to afford employment to men whose votes it is hoped will be influenced at the coming Presidential election.'" In New York we are told that " it is perfectly notorious that the Administration means to get a large vote out of the Brook- I vn vanl this vear, and every man in public life knows just how it will be done." These are the facts, as we gather them from our exchanges, in regard to the At lantic coast. Let us turn now. fr a mom nt, to the Pacific coast. The navy yard at Mare Island, is in So lano county, California. The county hits been closely balauced for five or six years past, the majority for either side never ex ceeding a hundred. At the election for Governor in last September the Radical majority was one thousand three hundred and forty! It so happens, too, tbatthe aggregate vote of the county was increased just about one thousand three hundred votes, though the county was only a second or third class one as to population ! What are the facts : For weeks before the election for State olicers in September last, the State was scoured for men to be employed at Mare Island. As a rule, pains were taken to se lect for employment men who were Demo- crats. Times were dull, and the offer of the libera! wages paid at tire Government 1 Navy-Yard for several weeks Was a temp ' tation very hard to lie resisted in the de ; pressed condition of the labor market. The ! ... i . " i result was that a very large uoay oi work men and laborers, from 1,200 to 1,400, was 'w lOJ'HW VYUa in the Government em e.A,.f,vnn,iint omr. rtrTTieill nt. 1.11 A Navy-iard on the day of the elpction in September. As events showed, the voting of this number of men, what votes they was a matter thoroughly organized before- ! band bv the olncials. The entire " rr - i proceedings were conducted with mil I itary precision and regularity. On the morning of the election operations were commenced before the. opening cf the polls by moving a gang cf men from the Navy Yard to the polls at one of the two precincts where the Navy Yard vote was to be cast. At the.se polls the officers of ?, 55TSnl election, acting unde n, i 'r,ear wher a State, had provided , - ed, a gangway of Urn- large vote is expected, a gangway oi tun- t,.'in.h ;,,,r i t vr, anH at one end and LL1C UOllWU- KJKJXL cvruc iu coming out ai the other. Such a gang way, being nearly shoulder high, secures for the voter protection from interference, and at least some freedom. ofchanging or scratching his hallot while he 13 passiBg through to the ballot-box to deposit his vote. This structu.e the gang from the Navy Yard, m gross violation of the law, tore down before the eyes of the officers, who were too few to resist them. This left eveiy Navy Yard workman aa he went up to vote completely under the eye of the foreman or "boss"' of his gang, standing by for the purpose. This was not the worst. Twelve or thirteen hundred men were inarched up in gangs, each gang with a foreman at its- J head, each man in the gang with a ticket, ; marked with his number on the pay roll t at the yard, and there put into his hand. j. This ticket he voted under the eye of hi foreman, and as each man voted that ticket the foreman checked him'olT on the pay- .wit 1 ii liM.wt T 4liftt nrmr TTiirii lltff luu ill ujo AKllj. . tjua.li ri ai v i ,.,- , teen or fourteen hundred votes cast.' " ; For these statements we are indebted to the speech of .Senator Casserley, delivered in the United States Senate, 13th May, 1872, who declared he " had taken unusual pains to ascertain the facts wjaen they were fresh." And yet President Graut and his admin istration asked to be kept in power for four years longer ! We republish this morning the loiter ol our correspondent giving the particulars of the recent outrage by a Deputy United States Marshal iu breaking up a meeting of the King's Mountain Baptist Association. No graver offehse against tbs rights of citizens could have been committed, yet we venture to say that these Federal officials will go scot free from any punishment General Grant may cause to be inflicted upon them. Four years ago Kid lick Carney, a citizen- of. -Pitt county, was assaulted in his own house by a Federal officer with negro troops. The troops killed Carney's son, wounded his son-in-law, pillaged and plundered the house,' set it on fire and then watched the flames until the house, with its owner in it, was burned to the ground. Men are indeed no longer burned, but our condition is not much improved. A Deputy United States Marshal takes a file of soldiers, surrounds a church filled with people, breaks up the meeting and arrests even women and children at the point of the bayonet ! Are we dogs that we should have these things put upon us ? Are we cowards that we submit to them ? Hon. J- l- C Lamar. The announcement that this gentleman is a candidate for Congress in the Northern District of Mississippi, brings back times of the good old days when the country re joiced in peace, plenty and prosperity. As a young member of the Old Congress, representing the same Northern District, Mr. Lamar won for himself an enviable national reputation. But the announce ment brings back days of adversity, as well as of prosperity. When tbe war began, Mr. Lamar at once entered the army, and served as j Lieutenant-Colonel of his regiment until j ill-health rendered further ervice in the i field impossible. But Ex-President Davis knew Lamar too well to permit even ill j health to deprive the Confederacy of the i benefit of his services, and he accordingly , sent him to Europe upon a secret mission of the gravest character. Upou his return home his health having been somewhat re-established, Colonel La mar was once more atttached to the Army of Northern Virginia. A single incident will show the generous soul of the man. On the morning of the evacuation of Petersburg, a time when few men were unselfish enough to think of j others, he came with hi3 purse to a brother j officer aud forced him to share it. j V sou oft! am we ply unres strong men wept without shame, he said : " I shall stay with my people and share their fate. I feel it to be my duty to de vote ray life to the alleviation, as far as in my power lies, of the sufferings this day's disaster will entail upon them." From that day to this we have not seen Colonel Lamar, nor do we know what his course has been, but we feel assured that the man whose thoughts in that hour of agonv rested not upon himself, but found j si,apa antj expression in a determination to devote himself to the scrvi' ot the people who had reposed confidence in him has been true to his noble resolution. A uiau of bigger heart or bigger brain it has never been otr fortune to meet. We pity the Radical, scallawag or carpet-bagger who stands up before him ! Consul tieneral Butler, One George II. Butler, a notorious blackguard, has fur several years been j United States Consul General to Egypt. ! He was, of course, appoiuted to the po j sition by President Grant, a circumstance ' easily accounted for, by the fact that the ! man is a nephew of Beast Butler, whom the President wished to conciliate. It is needless to dwell upon the importance of having honest, honorable and intelligent persons to represent the United States in foreign countries. It is not speaking too harshly to say that a iarge proportion of our representatives abroad disgrace the country, whose honor and dignity it is their peculiar province to uphold and main- ! Tlie report of General Starring upon the American Consuls, published a year or two ago, shocked tlie country by its state ments in regard to the inoral deficiencies and extortionate practices of some of these ' E far th nubile h is henn !" - " - " J- f ' - i informed, no, considerable number oi the j persons thus implicated have been removed, j g0 fdr as tlje (jonsui General to Egypt is i concurrence of testimony in regard to his dishonorable and disgraceful practices, that leare not a shadow of doubt as to his guilt; and yet President Grant has re tained him in office, when, by a single dash of his pen, he could have stripped him of place and power. It is indeed said that there is not an .rSJrZJ;: :r , tMn :,J ':..:.. L .n. vcn hn rainy leaiuiu m .uiy wuuuj) , - tQ denounce the conduct of q d f tQ denounce the conduct i this man And to feel ashamed that such a blackguard should be allowed to represent the United States as its Consul General, It was, iu the first place, if w are correctly bafornaed, an appointment that was unfit to be made. Butler s character ana con tempt for the decencies of life being as well known at the t:ia of his appointment as they are to day. But President Grant can no more escape the responsibility of re taining this man in office than he can escape responsibility for his appointment. The charges against him for official misconduct, ; .-1 . i . .....i.. . i .. ...... . irtrtrt i i , i , . . , . ...... .... . . ,,.., t 1 i . . . " i The f.,lh)uin-letter received List night, i 1,1 l,am ia"SaS ! was lu,e, wnen nc suduenly came u cer present spoke of leavin- the country, ! comos lrom a gentleman ot tue very highest ! duct or s eoacn, v.x which t!ie passengers ; vera(.ity f tl,ose who were present orr the ! in front of tbe house. I asked what he proposed to do. Well do j character and positioned well know n to us i were eoiney.ui ! ''Mother," said one, "it is but a little remember the words ol hrs noble re- ' ...., A,if 5,, tw-, tn,il. wnc:i .eli here a- vno n gin .Sept. s?li, 17.'. j upon me, mother, mother." , as with trembling voice and tears j "i""" nj v - " 7, .7 lnini'm? " "', " ' , She was vainly trying to support trained, for it was a day on wnieh : . : , .. . 1 ' u , i,f .,. fi.;c ,iv -------- : V.. ""' - -.. i.ei . .. , ... i nr snr -h nn.rar s as uiest'. we iiu luminal, irmi i s nan ihlmiiiiu!um.u;:ii,i.m';ii- i yihiiil kvl'i in kihih KikiIihi ,:. r..-. iv.. -11 i while Consul General, have been brought to the President's attention in the most direct, aQ(1 autbcruatiVQ manner. Subsequent to wn -ul",uf w character the Khedive, in a recent inter view with' the New, York' Herald reporter, bore high tribute, ha been Tnaking a , . . . . T , . , siiuciai in Ycsimauou imu uuiuji o icwiu, and, it is sard, repcrts it to be very black The report has not been published, how ever, ltor does there seem to be any proba bility that it will be published. But there are other accusers of Consul General Butler men whose position and character ami calling, whose lives of daily sacrifice in the cause of religion, if not their rights as citizens, entitle them at . least fo ure spectful consideration. The facts stated in the following extract from the New York Tribune are, we be hove, matters of record and indisputable : ' The United Presbyterian Church of the United States ha3 a mission establish ment in Lgypt, of which Consul-General Butler constituted himself the particular persecutor. About thirty-five missionaries are attached to this establishment. Two years ago they forwarded to the Board of Foieign Missions at Philadelphia a state ment of tbe injuries they had suffered at the hands of the American Consul-Gener-al, with abundant documentary evidence of the truth of all they char ged. These papers were read to- the President by a Committee of the Board, and Gen. Grant acknowledged himself convinced and prom ised that Butler should be removed. The promise was not kept. The outrages of Butler grew wor se and worse. Represen tations at the White House were unheed ed. Finally the missionar ies all of them American citizens were actually forced to apply for the protection of the British flag. A communication was addressed to the Board of Missions, requesting tha- the ne cessary papers might be made out for the formal transfer of their allegiance from the United States to Great Britain. The ap plication was signed by the Rev. Gulian Lansing, D. D., John Hogg, D. I)., J. Barnett, I). D., and Messrs. Strang, Wat son, Ewing and Barr. Fortunately no ac tion has yet been taken on this application, and we may le spared one humiliation out of the many in which Grant's Consul -General seemed to have involved us." It is indeed said that an order for But ler's recall was issued, brrt that it was coun termanded before it could reach him at Alexandria! And yet this man Grant talks about Civil Secvice Reform ! Verily, the United States Government has a strange way of protecting its citizens. In Egypt, American Presbyterian mission aries are compelled to renounce thoir citi zenship in order to pursue their holy call ing : in ortn Carolina a ueputy uniteu Stales Marshal and Federal soldiers dis perse a Baptist Association ami arrest Hy ing women and children at the point of the bayonet ! And the man who permits these things to be done, asks us to keep him in power for four vear s longer ! OUTRAGE IN CLEVELAND COUNTY ! A DEPUTY UNITED STATES MAR SHAL AND FEDERAL SOLDIERS BREAK UP A MEETING OF THE KING'S MOUNTAIN iJAPUST AS SOC! ATI ( N, AND ARREST WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET - norenna v. is statements mav oe reneu i . , .: xjt,i n i&h. luixnei . xju uy 10 Keen up. iiere. lean -.. ,,( . .-v 1 1 tmn j-.t I :voti!'fl K ltlllHCT T: T fill Kl 3 dll JlWI .ili' ll' l- "J v -k I ' i 1 1 rf.'xVt 1 I t'On C! vlil uriniv nrif I .!. m power pionuse .e- a..u i Th3 truck having been rendered impassi- in the country ! j h;e by the aeeident, the up train had to Editor Wilmington Journal : On Satur- , await the arrival of that due here at .":15 day, tbe 21st intant, a great outrage was yesterday afternoon and effect a transrl'-r. perpetrated in this county by officers and Of the passengers on the wretched train, soldiers of the U. S. Government. While there were some ti.irty-seven stoppii-g at the King's Mountain Baptist Association, i the Pureell House ws'erday. a body representing over thiee thousand ; Capt. Everett informs us that after caring communicants, was in session at Bethle- j for the passengers, he went back along hem Church, one New ton Long, a Deputy . tt-e track to th'; point wlieie trie smoking U. S. Marshal, and one Archibald Mess, ' ear liisf, ran off, I there he discovered a who seemed to have some authority from rail which instead of b.ing uptight in Long, rode up, accompanied by a sqmul of j proper position, wa;, turned over on its armed U. S. soldiers detailed from Colonel ; side, though laid in connection with Ilaits's command in Lineo!uton,sur roundetl j the other rails. This fact leads us tbe Church and forbade the people to leave. ! the "conclusion that there had been Long and Moss were both drunk, and j criminal hands at woik and the tiestruc Ixmg cursed and swore very freely. The tini of the whole train was intended, proceedings of tbe Association were com- ' The tra k w ill be rendered passible, some plctely broken up. ihe pastor ol the Church went out and endeavored to per suade them to leave, and on their refusing to do so, the Sheriff of the county arrested ... .1.1. Long tor d:stunnng a religious asscnimy. The soldiers cocked their guns upon tne ; Sheriff, and commanded L. g to come out. j Efforts were made to irmuee them to be- j have, and they wer e promised that, they j would not be ai rented further for violating I the laws of the State and of the United j States, if they would quietly leave the j Church gwjimds. They rode off iu the j direction of the spring, aud many members of the Association returned to tbe house,! thinking they ere gone. But they soon returned, r.ud were galloping over the Church ;youns with their guns and pistols, arid broke up the Association that evening. When the people statted home thev found the roads picketed by soldiers who were under Long's command, and ' even women and children were ai rested i with guns pointed at them, and compelled to wait the pleasure of this fellow Long, before they could get home. Moss, I am ; informed by an eve witness, ccrked his j pistol at a young lady who was driving off in a wagon, and threatened to shoot her if , she did'nt stop at once. The whole pro- j ceeding was an outrage upon religious lib- j erty perpetrated by officers ami soldiers of j Llie .). o. ijuvrwiiuo.u.. iUL ''w rendered for ? were searching for one Maybeny, v. ho was charged with being a Ku-Kiux Dces any sane man suppose when Horace Greeley is President of the United States that American citizens abroad will be compelled to renounce their citizenship in order to maintain their righ;s against the oppressions of an American Consy! '.' Does any sane ian suppose, when Horace ' J " I St that a Deputy United States Mar- ! shal and a file of I ederal soldiers will dare , to b.reak up and disperse a meeting of of a religious association assembled for the I worsmp 01 uuu . j If North Carohuians desire in the future , ,1.311 10 , . ' " . IO WOrsmp UOU IU puuilO ui, iumu uiu.c " . aOB ,f 1. . , . . . . time for them to speak and to act I Mr. Louts Jordan, who is described as a chemical student, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment by the Correctional TVihmml nf Paris, for haviuz written a let- isr to Prince Bi?marck threatening him ' and determined champion of the Conser w:th death if he did not send him tlie sum j vative cause, and will strike many a blow of 10,000 francs. i for Greeley during the campaign. LOCAL, SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT Three Cars oH" the Track-The L.mlies' Car ami Sleeping: V:r Thrown from a Trestle 30 Feet High Five las. senders Serionsly Ilnrt-.IIany Oth era Slightly Injnretl. !' : Iii these days of lightning speed, it is rpflllv astonishing how few accidents oecnr upon our Southern railroads. And anota- j ble exception is our Wilmington fc Weldon Railroad, which is so atlmirauiy managed and has such experience 3d and efficient con- ductors, that an accident with them . is never thought of. But a terrible excep tion was furuisned Friday night. . While the train due here at :10 yester day morning was proceeding at the rate of about liO miles an hour, and when at a point about 1 mile north of Dudley's aud !S miles south r f Goldsbcro', the rear truck of the smoking car rau oft" the track. Capt. Ed ward Everett, the conductor, was on this car at the time, aud immediately feeling by the motion of the car that it was off the track, he pulled the bell rope and signaled to the engineer to stop. lie then went out upon the platform and saw that the two hinder cars Mie ladies' and sleep ing car were following behind all right. He then attempted to use tiie break so as to cut off these two cars and avoid further accident. But by this time, having run about L'OO or 300 yards and tearing up the track with the broken truck, they passed on a trestle some 25 or 30 feet high, j were thrown el! down this giddy height to the very botton, filling top side down, and tbe rear end of the sleeping car resiing in a little stream spanned by the trestle. Just about this time the whole bumper head and coui liiiiis on the front end of the " car were torn out and tbe engine and baggage car saved, while the smoking car was turned over on the side of the track just across the trestle. Capt. Everett, with immediate presence of mind, set about rescuing the p:ssengers. The scene was that of an almost complete wreck. 'I he top of the cas were a mass of rubbish, and from the inverted condi tion much injury le the passengers was apprehended. There were quite a num ber in the ladies' car, but strange to say j none were hurt except a few who were slightly bruised. The ladies and other passengers were rescued through the doors . ai.d windows, whinh were broken in, and ' just space enough left, by the rubbish for ! them to crawl forth, in th? same manner the rescue of passengers in the sleeping j car was effected. Those in this car un- ; fortunately did not enjoy the same immu- j iii ty from injury as their more favored ! neighbors just f orw ard. ! An examination of the sufferers disclosed j the following casualties ; V. I f. Chew, of i Agustn, Ga."", ankle badly sptaincd, and! hurt in the hip: Mrs. W. II. Chew reeiev- j ed a severe contusion on the for ehead; Mrs. M. A. .Waller, of Montgomery, Ala., se- j verely bruised abouf. the body: Mr. Cham- j hers, of New Orleans, head and fare so-; e-fclv iu', and injured in the back;"V. J. Smith, of Abbeville, o. C, severely cut : about the head and face; S. S. S.dotiKiis, ; Superintendent North Eastern Ibtilrond, slightly bruised on knee. In addition to! these, there were several slightly in jured, ! and among them Mis. J. A. Byrne, of this city, who 'was in the ladies' car and reeiev- ; ed eonside:alde bruises about the body.! Mj. J. A. Byrnt- cut his hand with win- dow glass very severely in attempting to rescue his wife, ht being in the. smoking car at the tins 5 of the accident. Mr. Chambers, Mrs. Waller, and Mr. Smith, are the most seriously injured, but none considered dangerously hurt. As soon Jis the passengers were leleasud Horn tueir perilous eommeuieiu, v, ,vi,u Lvoret cirspatcneu m.; c.igmo io jy.iuiey arrived about oei-.K K v csu suay ino, meg. j tune to-day. -a gentleman passen er i !ces in the higu -st terms to us ol tue it nee of mind and attention ol Capt. s Everett ' j (;ori i y Commi:iomsi:is. At the meet ing of the Board y esterday, the following were the proceedings: The committee, on the claims of Mr. John A. Saudei-s made a report which was receded. It is as follows : SKinKMiiEi: 27th, 1S72. In the matter of claims of Jno. A. San ders, Esq , I have to report that, I have examined the Books of the Wartl ens of the Poor for the years 1 07 and 1S08, to-wit : from March, 1807, to September, 18(5$, and find thereon a balance of S10'J..j(, which, if the same has not been paid, I am of opinion the amount should be allowed to the assignees of the order. S.t.as N. M.vnrix. The official bond of Maj. J. C. Mann, Clerk of tlie Superior Court, was received and apwoved with sufficient sureties as re quired bv law. 1 lie bond is executed the sum of $10 000. m R. B. Fraysier, .Sheriff, came forw ard and asked for fui ther time to file his bonds as requited by law. lie offered as a portion of his sureties, Messrs. J. F. Simpson, Edward Walker and G. F. Walker, who justified in all to $10,000. It. JS. Frayser i ". ,,, n.,a :i ,.,t nu. ,U ti- nV to ,e 1 bond w'thieie . 1 stirelies.. Board adjourned to meet Monday next, :10th instant, at 41 o'clock P. M. Mkssi.s. Joiix.-toi: Joxns aud Peter S. McLaughlin have purchased .of James H. Smith 5t Co. the office of the Charlotte O'lservfi; with its good will, debts, &c, and will continue to run ;t upon ll.o " nier schcuute l lines, mev are n 1 gentlemen of culture and ability, and will j make the Ou. erter one of the best papers in the State. Mr. Jones is Already weil l-nnwn tnthp npn-sn.irpr woihl as thn editor . nmC.) Lankan earnest, , untiring advocate of Conservatiim, and an I al le champion of lieorni- The Raleigh Banner of Temperance hca be'in changed, by its new proprietors, Messrs. Edwards & Brougliton, into the Spirit of tlue Age, and is published as the , S 7? S V ieu?Perance uiovemuni, I ful tvoographical appearance, and is edited 1 wnn mucu aumiv. ; - Mr. E. S. Warrock has disposed of his interest in the Wadesboro" Argus to Mr. ; Josh. T. James, who assumes the sole j proprietorship of the paper. The Argus will continue to be known as an earnest For the Journal. Agricultural Meeting in Onslow. JACKSOSV1M.K, 0SL0W Co., ) rcptcmuer 17th, 1872. - J A portion of the citizens of Onslow county met at the court hoi rse on the day abovo written. - i The meeting was - temporarily organized by calling Fmuklin -Thompson, Esq., to the chair, who explained the object of the il ucuuj lur me purpose ol tlior loughly organizing -a Society in Onslow county, to be known as "The Onslow Ag ricultural Soeifif v " motion of Jamrs C. Sontt ' 7. -'J r -i nompson was elected perroa- I? r... " " 1 7C; f. ,. owrcij, uu o ocurcwiry, wnn sucu luuuiuiou to me term or office as may pe fixed by the constitution and by-laws of said Society. James O. Scott, Esq., moved and tle same was seconded, that a. committee of three be appointed by the President, to draft suitable coustitutiou and by-laws for "The Onslow Agricultural Society," and report the same at the next meeting of the Society. Pursuant to the foregoing resolution, the President appointed Messrs. Elijah Mur rill, Jasper Etheridge aud Dr. Charles Duffy, Sr., as said Committee, to prepare Constitution and By-Laws. On motion of A. J. Murrill, James G. Scott, Esq., was appointed Corresponding Secretary. Moved and seconded that the Secretary forward u copy of the proceedings of this meeting to the Wilmington Jouknai. for publication, with a request tbatthe Weekly .Strand Carolina Messenger copy., On motion of A. J. Murrill, Esq., the Society adjourned to meet at the Court House on the 1st day (Tuesday) of Octo ber next. Fkan'kmn Thompson:, President. '.. M. Coston, Secretary. To The Editok of The Joituxai.: To-day I happened to get hold of the Evening 1'ost of Thursday last and, for the firsttime, no! iced in it Mr. Rourk's lut- ! ter. I remember holding a .conversation j with Mr. Rourk at my house, but really 1 j cannot recollect ever having mentioned the ! numbar of fa-.tts over which he seems to exult. All that I sai I amounted to this, j that for nvj part I am a stauuch Greeley i:e ! "in the integrity of my heart. " It ap : peared to me that the sentiments of the j colored people are so iKirsisteutly in favor ! of the re-election of General Grant, that any attempt V disabuse their minds would i meet with a signal failure. Neither eloquent j appeals nor logical reasoning would, in my opinion, have any effect in inducing them ! to vot for Horace Greeley. The very ! name of Mr. Greeley a name which, but i a very short time since, was so fondly asso j ciated in the mind of the negro, with the 1 most sacieJ recollections of the late ter ' rible contests for liberty and freedom, ! eom? now to sourrd in their ears as a synonymous term lor slavery a id oppres sion. Their predilection for Gen. Giant u, indeed, of so bigoted a nature that they even go so far as to regard him as their tutelar deity, and to deny outright,' in the very face of recorded facts and oral testi mony, that Mr. Greeley was ever an abo litionist. In fact they point to him with the finger of hate and disgust, as having been a most prominent and active dema gogue of a faction which long struggled for the perpe:uaiio.i of i-lavery in the land. Be fine eh tin r, it would be well to let Mr. Rourk know that though I was born and educated in England, I lived eight t and sought her far aud wide, yoars in the United States of America, and j It was a cold and bitter night, and did not fail to undergo the prescribed for- j around the corners the wind swept, bring malitifs which rentier a foreigner a nat- ing with it fitful gusts of hard cutting sleet, uralized eiiizen, ami thus invest him with and penetrating to the bone every uufor the prerogative of casting his vote at the i lunate who chancetl to 1k abroad. JJer-ballot-b.-x. In regaitl to the assutbu that j tram came briskly down the street from 1 delivered before the. Radical Republican I his studio, warmly wrapped in heavy coat club an address in favor of (Jen. Grant, 1 j and furs, with a vision of his pleasant neg most, empuaticaiiy to state that it is a t downright falsehood. On the contrary, I : stroli;ly advocated tbe cause of Hoi ace ; llis luotlier -ux South Boston, is under ar rest for decoying boys of 5 to 10 years to out-of-the-way places, stripping them na ked, gagging and tying them up, beating : and otherwise maltreating them. In many ! cases he cat small holes under his victims' ; eyes, disfiguring them forlife, and inflicting j on others painful cuts and stabs on various parts of the body. He confesses the crime?. 'I I ie Future Kiitpy of Iron. it is stated that a number of gentlemen, j representing a large amount of English , capital, are iu the country, with the view ! of satisfying themselves f the capacity of I the United States wilh reference to a fu : tui c supply of iron. The conviction abroad ; that the world will ultimately have to look ; to us is said to be a growing one, aud it is i known that a few ot the more penetrating English capitalists and manufacturers are eve'ir now shaping their course accordingly, rittsbt.rg will shortly be visited by some of them. Natural Decay lrotcet the Kynteiii. The human body is a machine, and thereto; e ciai.ot endure forever ; but, like a watch or a s ;wiiig machine, ic will last nuch lotgerif properly regulated and duly repaired, than if no pains were taken to keep it in order. The great ot.ject of every one who desires a long and Lealthy life should be to put his body in a condition to reiist the Tie-threatening influ ence by which we are all more or less sur rounded ; and invigurant and corrective at present known so. effectively answers this pur pose as the vitalizing elixir which, under the unpretnidii.g name of llostetter'a Stomach Bitters, has been for more than twenty year the standard tmrie of America, in crowded cities, where the atiaospuere ii contaminated with the eiHuvia inseparable from large popu lations; iu marshy regions, where the soggy ; s iii reeks with miasm ; on the prairies and in the forests, where eveiy fall the air is tainted with exhalations from rotting weds and grass es, or decomposing leaves i thort, In every locality where malaria cx'Kts, this powerful vegetable antidote U urgently needed. Fever an.l ague, bilious fevers, dysentery, congestion of the liver, jaundice, rheumatism and a'l dis eases which are generated by infected air, im pure water, or sudden changes of temperature, miy he averted by strengtheing and ;egu-tt-ing the system in advaneo with Hotttcttci 'a i Hitters. Autumn is al ays a season of peril, e.iec'.aHy to weak, susceptible organ! satious K ven the more. vigorous ae apt to be in s"nie measure dej ret.od by the humid at. t-o.! : f, Joa-led with deleterious gases produced ty '&- )1- e abie decay. Thj fall i a priod ot iln- v r th I when the renovation am rgul i :o ... !, ;, mg maeiune is peculiar. y importaMl. uii ; lu Hitters should therefore ha takeu uaily at this critical seat-on. octri 313-deodlwAwlt ... .... . The greatest want of tk-e present age rs mea aud women, healthy and vigorous in mind and body. The continued head aches, weaknesses, nervousness, and vary ing ailments which afflict womeu are gen erally the result of imperfect action of the stomach aud other vital organs. Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters, being composed entirely ot vegetable substances composed entirely 01 vcgeutoie suostances indigenous to Calilornfa, may be taken n-Mirnnrf c.f.,f t.ir tH ict dliot and are a sure remedy, correcting all wrong action and giving new vigor to The whole system 4W 3 ' - We Frequently IIerl rsothers say they would not be without Ktrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Svrnp.troi? the Tlrth of the child until it vao'finiihed with the teething siege, un- (ter any consideration, whatever. THIS ARTIST'S ioVJB. It was just iu the shadows of the ruined walls which, towered above the blue, shin ing waters of the river, and when the tide was liiglt, dropped down the long, trailing ivy viae to kiss the laughing waves there sat two women. One, with her arm resting upon a broken column, her dark eyes with the memory ol the kmc-ago stirrim; their brilliancy into I life, gazed afar out at the floating cloud. i ler face a sad reflection of the past ; while j the other, many years younger, half knelt at ner leet, and, with a smile on lier red lips, and the light of liope in her glorious eyes, played with tlie light moss upon the bank beside her. It was a perfect picture ; for the twilight crept in and swept across the foreground just enough to bring the wondrous beauty into relief. To the artist yes of Ralph Bertram, who, wandering down the rivar bank, came upon them, it was a perfect harmony of light and shade an exact subject for a masterpiece ; and there he sat down and sketched until the darkness shrouded the whole and shut it from his view. He took his sketch home, and for hours sat and gazed at it enraptured with the glorious beauty of the faces. Who were they ? or rather, who was she ? Who was the girl with her dreamy, happy face and dark, melting eyes, with their hopefulness and truth? When morning dawned he went down again to the river's bank, and watched and waited for hours, but they never came. He inquired of every passer, but no one knew them. One would say : "Ah! yes, I have seen them two wo men, one old and sad, the otlter young and happy. I do not know their nsmes." Another would declare he never was awaie of their existence, and thus Ralph found his search a vain one. He went on working day and night upon his picture, and at last it was complete; and when he went up to his studio in the city and placed it there, his friends held up their hands in admira tion and worshipped it, aud before many days it found a place in the most renowned art gallery, and all the world went crazy over it. Thus Ralph Bertram became celebrated, and orders came upon him faster than he could fill them, and all the wealth and j h auty in the city smiled upon and petted I lam'. He was admitted iu every parlor. paity, soiree aud reception: he became the lion of the season, and far and near his praises were sung. But to him it was nothing, when thoughts of his beloved pic ture came,. and hour after hour, he sat and gazed upou that beautiful face like one entranced. "I believe, Mr. Bertram, that you are positively iu love with that young face !" said a belle, as she came upon him in the gallery. "Was it from life or your own imagination that you painted it f " "From life." "Impossible! It must have been a dream! No living woman was ever blessed with such leanty." "Yes, one!" The lady went away, and before night one-half the world was jealous of his pic ture, and declared him crazy . It must be so, for no woman ever possessed such rare beauty. It was a dream, a hallucination. Betram heard it and laughed. Perchance the day might come when he could brine his wondrous beauty before them and cot j vincethem: and with this hone he labored i rooms ueioro nun and lightly bumming an opera. He had turned from the principal street, and was walking alone where all pon the strength prevent her lrom falling. And Be tram fcprang forward iu time to receive her j iu his strong arms as she fell back. my mother," was the dc- spainng cry. "Don't ho alarmed, Miss; she has only fainted. My home is here close at hand, and if you will assist me 1 will take your mother there." Tbe young woman obeyed him without a word, and with her assistance Ralph bore the senseless form to his elegant apart ments. 1 here was no light within the room, and after placing the inanimate form upon the sofa he groped his way to the match sale and lighted the gas. As lighted tbe soft radiance nbone through the room he sprang back with an exclamation of surprise aud delight. Ilia pictures! The face of his idolized one ! At I he sou id the youDger started up aud I -joked toward I im. How beautiful she was with her hood fall ing back and the damp waves of chestnut hair clinging to her broad white forehead , and great lustrous eyes fixed upon him iu wonder. Bertram could not speak. "My mother!" she begau with quivering lips. "Pardon me ! I forgot myself," and he went out, brought wines, cordials and la bored until the blood stole back in little flashes aud the dark eyes opened. For several moments she did not seem to un derstand tbe strange room and surround ings; but when ihe younger spoke, she said ; "Agnes, darling!" 'Mother, are you better?" "Yes, yes." Agnes I It was like her. Pure, good, beautiful, tairdlike ! Bertram sat in the window until they called h'm. The elder one was standing in tbe room, tbe mantle thrown around her, and one hand resting upon the shoulder of her daughter. "I wish to bid you good night and thank you for your kindne-a. If it were in my power I would " "Madame, I beg you to sit down. I have spent months in searching for ou, and I beg you, now I have found you, to remain here. If you are willing to confer a favor upon me, remain liere to-night, at least." "Searching for us ! What do you mean ?" "You will learn one day ! I owe yen all I possess." Shi; sat back seemingly petrified with as tonishment. "Who are you? I never j net you! You w me nothing." Will you remain here J ' Ys, if you need us.'' . .... 1 1 1 ... . . l.er a uiimt ine noure-iooKing woman at iu a comfortable chair near tho grate, ! er lovely daughter at her feet, and Kalph Bertram brought forth tbe sketch and told the story, " And are you the great painter, Ralph Bertram ?' asked Agues. " I am Kalph Bertram," lie answered, smilingly. "And the ereat picture of which we have read was only poor mamma and I sitting i upon tbe bank of that beautiful river in tlie country where we visited lst summer. How strange !" Agnes La Grange was happy and con- . , 7- , T. , rrJ. v" JS.lr.SSf'Sli !LSd,r '-SS: iieau resvinz uiwu uer muiner i lan, uearu ' lr11 lhe toiy of ber fiOlwr'a death, ttelr ' flut fcross "V"?111 Frnce th-ir struggles a.ud hardship, and their ntter i loBCJiness, and smiled when Ralph Bert- ram gave his hand and begged them to ac- j oppj his fxiendsbJn. i nn, .ita. anA ol; iho e The art gallery wsj crowded, and alt the ' lashion of the city was and PfOmena- ding,up and down the grand saloon, and passing before Bertram's picture, to admire aud compliment. All at onco there wasf a buzz, and the crowd parted on either side. Down the opening came Bertram, with a lady leaning on cither arm, and as he pass ed a murmur went around. " The face is his picture ! How beauti ful ! How perfect I" , Ralph was never happier nor prouder than when he stood with his fair companions and heard their words of praise, aud when Agnes whispered : . " It is grand, Ralph, and 1 am proud of you." t " My darling, your praise is worth more than all else to lire," ho answered ; and he pressed her hand tenderly and looked into the dark eyes, woi shipping her glorious beauty with all his heart. Once more the world gathered to envy and admire, when Agnes aud the handsome artist stood before the altar in the church and were made one. The great picture brought him a fortune and the original brought comfort and peace. . " fc i- -- - Mrs. Laurn I. Fair Tlie "Woninu lit BlACk." The San Francisco Chronicle of Septem ber 10th gives the following description of ''the woman in black," as sho is now called, Mrs. Laura D. Fair, on the occa sion of her appearance in court on her second trial for the murder of A. P. Crit tenden, now in progress iu San Francisco. The Chronicle says : "As Mrs. Fair came in the crowd mad. a passage way, through which she walked with a firm step. .She was dressed, as usual, in deep black black silk dress, black hat and veil, and black gloves. Everything was black except her face, which was as white as Parian mat Me. Her golden curls trailed down through the folds of her sombre veil, and seemed like rays of sunlight streaming through a blackened cloud. She seated herself at the lawyers' table, ami, resting her head on her hand, seemed lost in a sad, sad reverie. In the opening proceedings sho took no interest whatever. She sat with her eyes on the floor, and only lifted thorn when her counsel turned to her to make some remark. Hw veil was kept down closely over her face, and her features wen almost entirely hidden from (he eager, curious gaze of the ciowd. Later in the day, wlen the names cf the jurors were called, she manifested a slight degree of interest, but when, one after another, they were excused because they entertained opinions, she seemed to gather from the circumstance a knowledge of how little sympathy there was in the cold, hard faces about her. For awhile she listened, but, soon sank back in her chair, evidently disheartened and depressed. Once hhe smiled when listening to the questioning of an idiot, who was on the stand under examination as to his qualifications to sit. on the jury, but it was a sickly, mournful smile, and passed away as quickly as it came. Sitting apart from the prominent actress in the scene was another elder lady. She, too, was attired in black, and looked sad and sorrowful. This was the mother of Mrs. Fair. She had come into court before Mrs. Fair, but when tbe latter en tered she did not notice her. Neither spoke to the other, aud both sat apart, silent and alone. (icrmnu Cabinet Circular Anluftt Immigration. The Imperial (Jerman government has made another strenuous effort with tbe view of staying the tide of emigration from the national territory. A Cabinet circular, the seeorrd on the fe.'une subject, has been issued in Ber lin, which f hreafens emigrants (interi(liii, we presume) with an official classification as outlaw, over whom a strict sui veillam e will be maintained by the Prussian anthnriUcs. The emigrant exodus ha-; been only slightly afr.-clcd, so far, by the ministerial menace. But ne cessity has no law. Imperial Germany s commencing t realize the sad social con sequences which have resulted within its bounds from Ihe N-rrible war with France; aud Germany, as a nation, docs not, recuperate fsom the dVeets of battle dis aster nearly so rapidly or with the same light-heat ted, buoyant and re productive, elasticity as docs the great war-tried Power with which hho has just been engaged. Artisan industry, vith the values of :exl estate and agricultural in comes, are very heavily taxed iu Germany, from Berlin outward all over tbe country, in consequence of the war, while the mili tary service system law has been made still more rigid iu its enactments towards the adult aud maturing male population. Can anypersou biame Germans for emigrating to tbe free- Uepublic of the We;;l ? Not. one, so long a the exodus ia healthy and natural. The continuance of the outward tide of population from the hearths ami firesides of the (Jei inau Empire will soon and important problems which has ever been presented to social science. The I French, as is known, do not emigrate to ' any great extent. New York Jh-rahl. 'I lie Kn Junu Jiouotlrtrj-. It is said there is some anxiety in oflickl circles nt Washington to learn the result of the arbitration of the Emperor of Germany on the San Juan boundary question. We think this unnecessary, for Kaiser William will no doubt make an award according to his honest convictions, aud iti not of such vast consequence after all whether the little bit of territory in dispute be adjudged to belong to the United Suae r)r to Great, Britain. Tbe disputed line originally aejoss tbe Continent, embracing Use. degrees of latitude, was another thb.g. There was a great difference between the parallels f hfty-fwiir foily and forty-nine, but this little .opick of tlie Sau Juan Jfclaiid is not of much consequence. We fehall hear be fore long what the Empi.roi's decision vi'l be, and then this difficulty, with tho?e re- ! ding to the Alabama claims, th." navsg.t tiou ot th ; at. Ijawneiee an 1 tlie fisheries, will be closed up and there will b a new departure in our illations w kh England. JV, r. Ilrral'l. By the death of Hon. Garrett Dais the country loses 01. e of its ablest, purest and most conspicuous public men. Tlie life of tbe deceased tSenator was in great part de voted to the interests of his .State and na tion, from early manhood down to the last moments of his venerable eld age. Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, in 1HH, he was liberally educated and admitted t. the bar in tbe same State, and ever nfu r ward maintained a true Kenttrckian's ai- legianee. The .Vate proved by no moans I unappreciative, and reward d her youm: I lawyer and statesman with abundant j political honor k. iu JNl:J be was ' tbst. el- sed to the Legisla'i r , anil ( "" . t ." a whs 6i.!' equetiiiy ie-eieciei a iiumnt r of timet . lie then served four oonteculive terms iu the House of IJepresentatives, and in was elected to the United Suites Senate, where he has continued to repre sent his native State ever since. Mr. Davis had always been noted for his untiring yet unassuming zeal iu behalf of his constit uents and tbe public in general. Iu Con gress he was always actively employed in tbe duties of bis office and was a wor king memlier f many ver y important coinmit f v.-.-.t. the nrouilest memorial of the diitinmiished Senator, and his richest leg- """""f !e i,u unblemished record Yt corruptibility. His entire and unselfish pa triotism was never questioned even by hi most malignant political opponent; and Le leaves a memory which will be beloved and honored. lioston Font. aa sl statesman i m;- ..jjv, ...... ... The New York musquito U uotnuuhon the slng but heavy on the bite.